This place feels more like a library than a residence.
"Come on, take a seat."
At the same time as an elderly voice came from the bookshelves, an old woman carrying a tray also walked out from the bookshelves.
This was not the first time Qin Bin had seen an old elf, but it was the first time he had seen an elf that looked as old and frail as a human in his seventies or eighties.
Of course, even so, this old elf still has a natural beauty unique to elves.
Edith stepped forward to take the tray and said with a smile, "Teacher, is my man okay?"
The word "teacher" made Qin Bin and Xiao Bai stunned. In addition to this question, Qin Bin couldn't help but feel helpless. It turned out that in addition to business, there were also private matters.
The high priest looked at Qin Bin with a kind smile and said, "The first impression is very good, but my heart is a little confused. Little guy of the dragon clan, don't be flat. I don't mean to say anything about it. I am just stating a fact. After all, you young people have made up your mind, so it is not my turn as an old woman to comment."
"Oh~" Xiaobai responded slightly embarrassedly.
Qin Bin also had no choice but to stand there awkwardly and respond with a polite smile.
"teacher--"
Edith wanted to say something, but was interrupted by the high priest.
"Okay, sit down and talk business."
After saying this, the high priest sat down on the single sofa beside the fireplace.
Qin Bin and Xiaobai looked at each other, then sat down on the sofa opposite the high priest.
Edith came to the coffee table and started to make tea, during which she gave Qin Bin a reassuring look.
In this regard, Qin Bin had no choice but to stay calm as much as possible and deal with this sudden "meeting the parents" as calmly as possible.
The high priest was accustomed to covering his knees and thighs with a small thin blanket, and he said as he smoothed the blanket on his thighs.
"Fat (Dragon King) has explained the matter to me in detail. If my knowledge can benefit the world through such magical means, it will be a blessing. Before you leave, take away all I have in my life."
Qin Bin stood up and bowed, "Thank you, Your Excellency the High Priest. Qin Bin swears that he will do his best to let this knowledge benefit the world."
"Little guy, your attitude is very good." The high priest nodded with a smile, and then said, "However, I still have to say something more to the old woman."
"Please." Qin Bin showed an attitude of listening attentively.
The high priest said calmly, "Little one, what do you think of the power of magic?"
"Your Excellency... I really don't know how to answer this question." Qin Bin hesitated for a moment, then said a little embarrassedly, "I have been an ordinary person without any special powers, and now I have obtained the power of the divine realm. It has been less than half a year, which makes my understanding of power very superficial. So superficial that I think the power of earth magic is a sharp tool for paving mountains and roads, and the power of water magic is the best choice for moving clouds and rain, and diverting water to irrigate farmland. The power of wood magic is a shortcut to solve the problem of food and clothing. For example, fire magic, thunder magic, wind magic, etc., if you explore and develop them carefully, you can always find the application direction that is convenient for ordinary people's life scenes. Even when there is an enemy invasion, these powers can be used as a support to protect the homeland.
Your Excellency the High Priest, for now, this is how I view the power of magic."
"......" Qin Bin's answer stunned the high priest.
However, Xiaobai and Edith both had smiling expressions that showed "as expected".
Seeing that the high priest just stared at him without saying anything for a long time, although Qin Bin felt a little uncomfortable, he gritted his teeth, looked at him straight in the eye, and waited quietly for his response.
After a moment, the high priest withdrew his slightly scrutinizing and surprised gaze and said with a smile, "Child, do you want to be the ruler of a country?"
Qin Bin shook his head, "Your Excellency, that kind of thing is too troublesome. I prefer to be a little country noble."
"Is that so..." The high priest nodded in understanding, and then said, "My child, I have seen too many outstanding people who are dominated by power. Even among the gods, there are many who are slaves to power.
It's not that they don't know that power is just a means to achieve their goals, but even though they know this very clearly, they still indulge in being enslaved by power.
So I am worried that after you gain my knowledge, you will be enslaved by the power that knowledge brings."
Qin Bin heard this and responded seriously, "I'm sorry, I can't give any guarantees about this kind of thing. At least, I can't give any guarantees now."
"You are a good and pragmatic child. Not bad." The high priest smiled with satisfaction, "Child, I don't want your promise, but to remind you and hope that your future will be brighter and smoother."
"...Thanks."
"Oh, yes, the old woman is still a little worried."
"Your Excellency, please speak."
"That's right, your teacher, Medivh, has always been confused, especially when it comes to relationships between men and women. I've even witnessed his women fighting in public. Tsk tsk, don't learn from him. You should pay more attention to your women."
"...Oh...Okay, I'll remember that." Qin Bin's expression froze, and then he could only smile awkwardly without being rude.
Xiaobai, who was standing aside, raised the corner of his mouth and walked towards the high priest with great interest.
"Your Excellency the High Priest, can you tell us about the old man Medivh when he was young?"
"Sure, little one, what do you want to hear about?"
"It's about old man Medivh and that woman!"
"You want to hear this? Fine, but I don't know much. After all, Medivh has only been studying with me for a little over a year."
"It doesn't matter, as much or as little as you like."
"Well..."
When the high priest began to recount the old dean's past "glorious" deeds like an old grandmother next door chatting about family matters, Qin Bin's surprise turned into relief.
He was surprised because he didn't expect that the teacher in front of him was his teacher. He was relieved because it didn't seem incredible. Of course, Qin Bin couldn't help but prick up his ears. After all, he was also very interested in his teacher's past...
Chapter 216: Untitled
Not to mention the gossip about the old dean in his youth that made Qin Bin secretly smack his lips, Xiaobai seemed to be very popular with the older generation, and was very good at dealing with grandparents, which led to the high priest nagging Xiaobai for an entire afternoon. The high priest's attitude towards his own granddaughter was so enviable that not only Qin Bin, but even Edith couldn't help but feel a little envious.
However, because of this, Qin Bin and his group stayed in the high priest's house until dark.
The high priest invited Qin Bin and others to stay for dinner. After Xiaobai nodded without hesitation, Qin Bin and Edith naturally followed suit.
During dinner, Qin Bin also took the opportunity to ask if there were any other races living in the subspace, unknown to the world.
After receiving a positive answer from the high priest, Qin Bin told the story in detail about his encounter with the strange girl on the way to the Forest of Life.
"Oh, you mean that little Ina."
At the table, the high priest nodded in understanding.
"Do you know her?" Qin Bin, Xiaobai, and even Edith became interested.
The high priest nodded slightly, "I have seen her several times. You don't have to worry, she is the last descendant of the tree people. She is currently living in seclusion in the subspace of the tree people with her teacher. I know her teacher. We are one of us."
The high priest's words reassured Qin Bin and the other two, but then they all became confused.
Edith asked directly, "Teacher, aren't the descendants of the Tree People in the Tree Spirit Area? How come she is the last descendant?"
"Those tree people with insufficient intelligence in the Tree Spirit Area actually have no direct relationship with the tree people you are talking about. In fact, they are just test subjects that I created using the secret method of the tree people thousands of years ago."
“???” Well, Edith was a little confused.
Not to mention that Edith's confused look was very cute, the high priest's words also made Qin Bin and Xiaobai's eyes widen.
This is because, in historical records and oral traditions, the group of tree people in the Forest of Life are a race with a distant heritage, but now they are told that they are just experimental products created by the wise man in front of them thousands of years ago?
It goes without saying how great the cognitive subversion during this period was.
The high priest smiled and said, "The so-called tree people should be called the 'demon spirit' tribe. It's just that most of the demon spirits are trees that have evolved into human form, so people gradually call them the tree people tribe. In fact, they are not only trees that have evolved into humans, but also flowers and plants can evolve. The Ina that Xiaobin and Xiaobai saw before is actually an ancient holy white orchid."
"Isn't this the scene where plants and trees become spirits and take on human forms?"
Xiaobai's eyes brightened, but what came out of his mouth was Chinese, which the high priest could not understand.
Qin Bin on the side quickly explained, "Sir, in my hometown there are legends and strange stories about flowers, plants and trees cultivating into human forms. Of course, those are all made up by people. This is what Xiaobai said."
The high priest nodded slightly upon hearing this, "So that's what you mean."
Qin Bin said again, "Sir, the tree man - the demon spirit clan, is there only Ms. Ina?"
The high priest said with a slightly complicated tone, "Yes. In the final battle of the last two eras, all the demons that evolved into human form died in the battle. The remaining hundreds of descendants in the demon subspace also lacked the secret care of the real demon clan. In the end, only Ina survived and officially transformed several decades ago."
Hearing this, Qin Bin and the other two couldn't help but sigh a little.
The high priest continued, "Little Ina occasionally goes out, mainly because her teacher assigns her life courses. If you meet her outside in the future, please take care of her more, especially in terms of common sense, which the little girl lacks."
Qin Bin and the other two nodded to show that they understood.
Later, when the group had almost finished eating and drinking, Qin Bin took advantage of the break after the meal to ask the high priest about the knowledge of the divine realm, and gradually extended it to the systematic theoretical knowledge of "martial arts", "technical principles", "legal principles", etc.
The high priest seemed to have the habit of being a teacher, and he always gave Qin Bin extremely detailed guidance.
The high priest's unique personal understandings also benefited Qin Bin, Xiaobai and Edith instantly.
After all, unique personal understanding is a very subjective thing. There is no standard for this. Even at different time points and in different moods, the conclusions drawn may not be the same. Qin Bin and others understand and experience through their own experience, temperament, mentality, etc., so the gains they gain may not be the same.
It is even possible that you may think it is 1 in the last second, but suddenly realize it is 2 in the next second.
This uncertainty is something that the system is difficult, or impossible, to provide.
In this regard, what the system can provide is generally certainty.
It's ok if there are small variables, but my unique understanding is that this is a variable in a chaotic superposition state, or a "chaotic system".
What is a 'chaotic system'?
It can be simply understood as 'Schrödinger's cat' or 'quantum state'.
That is, for the same thing, before formal contact, everything is in a 'determined uncertain state'. After formal contact, it may be a determined state in the first second, but in the next second, it may become a 'determined uncertain state' again.
To put it more bluntly, in a deterministic system, there are seemingly random irregular movements, whose behaviors are characterized by uncertainty, non-repeatability, and unpredictability, which is the so-called "chaotic system."
In this case, if Qin Bin and others really want to make achievements in this area, then even if the system continues to cheat and become stronger, they will inevitably have to deepen the learning process afterwards.
Therefore, after truly experiencing the high priest's vast knowledge, Qin Bin secretly calculated and determined that there was nothing in the near future that required his personal attention, so he shamelessly asked the high priest for advice.
Don’t say that the high priest had promised that Qin Bin could take away all her knowledge before leaving.
That was just the knowledge fixed at the moment when Qin Bin used the system to replicate the high priest.
Knowledge, apart from the certainty of the existence of objective laws, also includes many aspects, especially knowledge related to philosophy, metaphysics, and science, which is the "chaotic system" mentioned above. It is possible to come to completely opposite conclusions after reorganizing one's knowledge.
Therefore, the value of life for knowledgeable old people like the old dean and the high priest is many levels higher than the knowledge that has been confirmed in books.
This is also one of the reasons why Qin Bin always wanted the old dean to live.
Chapter 217: One Year
As for Qin Bin's request, the high priest was straightforward and just put on an attitude of "If you want to learn, I'm willing to teach."
Qin Bin was of course very happy about this, and so Qin Bin and Xiaobai settled down in the high priest's house.
And this stay lasted almost a year.
During this nearly one year, Qin Bin spent most of his time learning from the high priest.
Occasionally, I would go to Kanadi or Earth.
For example, during the Chinese New Year and other holidays, Qin Bin would take a group of wives back to Earth to stay for a few days. Or he would go to the capital of Kana for matters such as Leah and others, his own graduation exams and the college's year-end meeting.
There's nothing much to say about going back to Earth to visit relatives during the New Year and other holidays.
Although the country's grand strategic direction has changed, the revival of spiritual energy, national cultivation, etc., are not things that can be achieved overnight, so the changes on Earth, especially the changes among the Chinese people, are really not that big. Basically, after almost a year, apart from some more topics related to cultivation after meals, people still live the same way as before.
At least this is the case in China. As for abroad, that is another matter. However, that is not something Qin Bin needs to worry about.
Of course, although this is worth being thankful for, what is even more thankful is that since the emergence of the spiritual energy revival system, no more strange things have appeared, at least none have been discovered so far.
This is a good thing for the country and Qin Bin personally.
After all, no one can guarantee that the next system or other mess that appears will be controllable.
Since there is no guarantee, it is better to hope that it will not happen again.
However, hope is hope. In fact, both Qin Bin and the Chinese top leaders are mentally prepared and have made necessary plans to face the worst-case scenario.
Not to mention what happened on Earth, on the Eternal Continent, Qin Bin, Leah, Sophia, Zhang Xiaoyun, and Cagalli also officially graduated from the Imperial Capital Magic and Martial Arts Academy in early February of the Eternal Era 2700, with the special approval of the dean and a group of vice-deans.
It has to be specially approved. It would be a bit inappropriate for Qin Bin, who has a group of tenth-level divine realms, to take exams together with a group of students who are at most fifth or sixth level.
So, it was only natural that Qin Bin and the others, to the surprise and relief of the world, were specially approved by the academy to graduate from the Magic and Martial Arts Academy with the status of a saint.
Yes, for the time being, Qin Bin and others are only showing themselves in the holy realm.
This is not to hide anything, it is purely for the sake of vows.
To put it simply, if Qin Bin and others were suddenly exposed as being from the divine realm, it would indeed shock the world, and the output of people's wishes would indeed increase significantly, but this is always a phased increase, and when the novelty and heat have passed, it will just be that.
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